Perfect Dark - Area 51 Escape Perfect Agent 3:27 XBLA

A video of me achieving a time of 3:27:85 on Area 51: Escape on Perfect Agent on XBLA. I currently hold the #2 spot with this time.

This level is a pain in the ass for many reasons, but I find it fun to play. There's a lot of random BS that can ruin your time, but I believe anyone can get sub 4 mins on this easily with some practice.


Cut the scene right away. You should be strafing through the gas fast enough that Joanna never makes a cough. You need to get the end door by about 9.90-10.10 seconds.

Let Elvis go in the hall just after Jonathan says "good luck" and head back up. Make sure you grab a Tranquilizer somewhere before getting to the Superdragon guards.

You need to kill all the Superdragon guards on your way to Jonathan. Otherwise, they will come find you on the way back and Jonathan will shoot SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWLY at them with his Magnum and waste a ton of time. Pushing Jonathan on the wall is not that hard, but it takes a little practice to get him to run right up to it. Most of the time you'll have to nudge him a bit.

Sometimes the Tranquilizer lab guys from the beginning will be on the catwalk (I had one). Drop them quick before Jon starts shooting. If you hear his magnum going off, you can kiss your good time goodbye.

Blowing up the wall manually with a superdragon grenade is much quicker then waiting for Jon's bomb. You can do this as soon as Jon says "ok stand back." You know it's coming up when the music slows down and gets quiet.

Elvis' medback activates after a certain number of guards are killed. That's what the remote mines are for. Best case scenario is the mines killing enough guards that the scene activates right away. Otherwise, you have to run forward and kill the 3 guards in the hallway. Make sure if you do this that you kill all of them (even if you here the medpack activate.) You need to do this because Jon will shoot them SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWLY after the scene and waste a ton of time.

Pushing Elvis is easy. Just keep your reticule on his neck and follow him. Start pushing Jon right after you kill the guard on the catwalk. You need to have him be at the bottom of the ramp, maybe a few feet higher. Start running for the terminals right as Joanna says "But we can't leave you behind." Run for the first terminal and Hit A twice and run away. It will activate once the fast music starts. Hit the 2nd one ASAP and finish the level. You can also wait at the terminal while mashing A until the fast music starts. This will cost you a few seconds but you don't have to worry about the first hanger not opening.

I'm confident I can get the #1 time eventually. If I could get Elvis' medpack to activate instantly and push Jon better at the end, I should be able to get the 3:22.

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• Perfect
• Dark
• Xbox
• Live
• Arcade
• XBLA
• Area
• 51
• Escape
• Agent
• speed
• run
• N64
• Rare

[JonnyBlazin5]

Is there are trick to the consoles thingy at the end?! Whenever I try and activate the first one early it never seems to work :/

[MarioTheFalcon]

@JonnyBlazin5 It's all in the timing really. When you double hit it, you get the message "Console is not active" on your screen. As long as the fast music starts before this message disappears, the hanger doors will open. The music change is relative to where Jon is on the catwalk, so this is why it's good to push him to the ramp in order to get him going quicker.

[farenht456]

i dont get it,i have to push him on the stairs?every time i hit the 2 consoles the spaceship leaves and im stuck with the hoverbike that i can't escape on..what am i doing wrong?

[Zacke1818]

@BittenMitten same

[BittenMitten]

I CANT ESCAPE ON THE HOVERBIKE. WTF????

[P0RtalMan]

3 Questions:

1. Did you play on the N64?

2. Do you still play on 360?

3. Any chance we can play together? Online's dead as Hell.

[BrazileoTotalBrazil]

I really love how you push Jonathan to make him "walk" faster. I never ever though of that XD

[dellvostro00001]

your crazy good lol lol lol lol

[matte140]

Damn your good